Burnham's Manchesterism: devolution with Bee Network, bus franchising and a £1bn fund—progress vs persistent inequality.

Millions of voters will head to the polls on 7 May, for local elections in England and national parliamentary elections in Scotland and Wales. The UK has had devolved governments since the late 1990s, ...

In less than a month, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales could each have a nationalist first minister. The current Labour first minister of Wales, Eluned Morgan, warns this heralds a “real ...

This month Rachel Reeves announced £2.3bn in additional funding for cities and a plan to devolve – for the first time – the power to keep tax revenues raised in local areas. Joey Gardiner poses the ...

The highest level of devolution will only be granted to areas where several councils get together under a regional mayor Last-minute attempts to change the government's devolution legislation to ...

Kay Mason Billig accuses Steve Reed of forcing council to agree to poll delay in return for extra funding and powers What made ministers think they could delay local elections? A Norfolk council ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Sunday that the Centre has accepted the 16th Finance Commission’s recommendation to maintain the vertical devolution at 41 per cent. This tax-sharing ...

While the Union Budget is keenly tracked by States to assess their share in overall Central tax devolution, it is becoming increasingly clear that this revenue stream no longer plays the stabilising ...

Members of the House of Lords concluded their detailed examination of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill in committee stage on Thursday 5 March. The English Devolution and Community ...

When Labour came to power, devolution was at the heart of its plan to deliver growth. At last, there seemed to be a Government with the determination and political clout to turn the tide on decades of ...

Seven States contribute a higher share in total tax collections in the country than their share in what they get back from the Centre as devolution, an analysis of data shared by the government in ...